A stone table with a ball for a base and a collection of benches inspired by brutalist bus stops feature in this collection of furniture by Georgian design duo Rooms. More about Rooms uses stone and concrete to create Life On Earth furniture
The Arrangements lighting collection by Michael Anastassiades features strips and loops of LEDs in geometric shapes that combine to create chains, chandeliers and hanging walls of light. More about Michael Anastassiades creates modular lighting system based on jewellery chains for Flos
Insoles that measure athletic performance using bacteria, and trainers that "breathe" are among the latest experimental pieces of sportswear being developed by Puma and MIT Design Lab. More about Puma and MIT Design Lab envision a future of self-adapting, performance-enhancing sportswear
Technology firms are increasingly looking to designers to help them shape the future and create objects with greater sensory appeal, according to Google's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More about "The tech world is jumping on the design world" says Google's head of hardware design
Chinese design studio Neri&Hu has teamed up with Spanish textile brand Gan to create a modular collection of sofas, rugs and screens that aim to blend eastern and western design sensibilities. More about Neri&Hu design modular rug, screen and sofa collection for Gan
Japanese manga characters replace traditional images of angels in this kitsch reimagining of traditional Venetian mirrors by designers Giada Fiorindi and Federico Floriani. More about Traditional Venetian mirrors redesigned to include "sexy manga girls"
Dezeen promotion: Danish designer Cecilie Manz has collaborated with Bang & Olufsen to design a portable speaker that offers 360 degrees of sound. More about Cecilie Manz and Bang & Olufsen design portable speaker
Japanese design duo We+ has created a series of magnetic chairs and vases that are covered with thousands of tiny steel rods. More about We+ creates magnetic spiky chair and matching vases
Ceramics brand Mutina has collaborated with design office OEO Studio to create furnishings and accessories to accompany its popular tile collections. More about Mutina launches range of "accents" to complement its designer tiles
Plastic waste from one of the world's best restaurants is being transformed into hexagonal stools by Spanish designer Andreu Carulla. More about Waste polystyrene transformed into lightweight stools for El Celler de Can Roca
Instagram is rolling out a service allowing designers to sell their products direct to their followers, according to the platform's head of design Ian Spalter. More about Designers will soon be able to sell their products via Instagram, says its head of design
An intricately decorated Persian box provided a starting point for the latest range of designs from New York studio Apparatus. More about Apparatus draws on Persian influences for Act III homeware and lighting collection
In this movie produced by Dezeen for Grohe, vice president of design Michael Seum explains the concept behind the brand's water-filled Milan design week installation, where it launched its latest collection of faucets. More about Grohe creates watery installation for launch of Atrio faucet collection
The relationship between the sun and the moon is referenced in this mirrored mobile by Japanese designer Hiroto Yoshizoe, which reflects the light of one simple bulb. More about Hiroto Yoshizoe's mirrored mobile 1.625m/s2 reflects light from a single bulb
French designer Emmanuel Babled has reworked his marble sculptural chair into a piece of upholstered home furniture for Swedish brand Offecct. More about Emmanuel Babled remodels marble sculpture into upholstered chair for Offecct
The founders of Containerwerk discuss the benefits of building with recycled shipping containers in this movie Dezeen filmed for the German start-up company at Milan design week. More about Containerwerk showcases potential of using shipping containers for housing
Japanese studio Nendo and specialist metal company Wakazono have machined a 15-kilogram vase from a 100-kilogram block of aluminium in an intricate process that took seven months. More about Nendo carves "four-layered" vase from a single 100-kilo block of aluminium
In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, architect Oke Hauser and designer Nina Tolstrup explain how MINI's Milan design week installation let visitors design their own micro homes. More about MINI Living and Studiomama's Milan installation allowed "everyone to become an architect"
Beirut-based designer Richard Yasmine has created a series of handblown light bulbs that rest on bird's nests, to raise awareness of climate change. More about Richard Yasmine's sustainable table lamps are environmental "wake-up call"
A Rococo-inspired pouf, a plant-shaped chandelier, and table lamps resembling animals all feature in the latest furniture collection from Dutch brand Moooi. More about Moooi looks to the natural world for A Life Extraordinary furniture collection